Improved bed-bottom



www@ l l lllllllllili N. FEIERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

OTIS. OSGOOlL-OF BURLINGTON, IOWA.

Lette/rs Patent 1Y0. 106,954, dated August 30, 1870.

nvirnovpn BED-BOTTQM.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all 'u )hom it may conce-rn Be it known that I, OTIs S. OsGooD, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and in the State of4 my invention appertains to make and use 'the same,

I will now proceed to describe its construction and opera-tion, referring to the annexed drawing, in Y which- Iliigure 1 is a perspective view of my. bed-bottom, an(

Figures 2, 3, and 4 are bottom views of the slats supporting the springs of the hed-bottom.

' A' A represent the slats of my bed-botto1n,runniug lengthwise inthe bed, and supported at their ends upon cross-bars B B.

.The ends ofthe slats A A are slotted, as shown in iig. 1, and screws pass through said slots into the barsB B, thus securing the slats, and, at the same time, allowing them to give, as required.

Each'of the end bars B is supported upon a spring, C, which passes through slots cut in a bar, D, said bar resting in the sides of thebedstead, in any suitable and convenient manner. l

IIhe springs C are made of one piece 'of metal, and pass' through the slot in the cross-bar,- and underneath the small bar which spans the center of the slot, as shown in fig. 3.

Both ends of said springs are slotted, and are secured there byscrews passing through the slots in the cross-bars B.

I may use any number of springs under the slats A that I prefer.

The arrangement of the slats A, slotted at each end, cross-bars B, springs C, slotted at each end, and secured to the slotted bars D and the bars B, all as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the fbregoing, I have hereuntos'et my hand this 6th day of May, 1870.

v OTIS S. OSGOOD.

Witnesses:

O. C. WIGHTMAN, S. B. FREEMAN. 

